Cadillac's all new XTS will replace two previous models

Cadillac plans to replace both the DTS and STS car models with the new XTS, due out next year. The date for production to begin has yet to be announced. GM first wants to sell off the DTS and STS models still in stock on its dealer’s showroom floors.

Depending on concept vehicle unveiled last year

Cadillac’s new flagship, the XTS, is situated on the Platinum concept vehicle shown at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. The automobile will be built on a stretched form of GM’s front-wheel-drive Epsilon II platform (which underpins automobiles as diverse as the Chevy Malibu and the Buick LaCrosse) and will be built at GM’s Grand River plant in Lansing, Mich.

Perfect, comfortable and convenient automobile

The production model will apparently be slightly narrower than the concept car and feature a slightly longer rear overhang. Both the front and rear seat passengers will experience connectivity and infotainment features. Power in the auto will come from a direct injection. GM’s 3.6 liter V-6 will be in there. It will hopefully be a very gentle ride. That is the plan with the electronically controlled shock absorbers on it.

If the production model remains true to the concept, the XTS could come with an all-wheel-drive option, various V-6 power plants and potentially a plug-in hybrid drive line. There’s a chance than an 8-cylinder engine option will be added. That is just a rumor for now.

BMW v Cadillac

In an attempt to rival MNW’s 5-series and the Mercedes E-class, Cadillac is replacing the DTS and STS models with the entry-level CTS. This in turn will make room for the new, smaller ATS sedan (which is slated to arrive in the summer of 2012) to go up against the BMW C-class and the 3-series.

Old leaves so new can stay

The STS is not being made by Cadillac already. In the next 3 or four weeks, the last of the DTS models will be built. Before the XTS replacement is built, Cadillac has plans to sell the 900 STS models and 3,000 DTS models left.

Information from

Car and Driver

caranddriver.com/features/10q1/2012_cadillac_xts-feature

Autoblog

autoblog.com/2011/03/11/spy-shots-latest-cadillac-xts-prototype-caught-inside-and-out/

Automotive.com

blogs.automotive.com/6737284/miscellaneous/saying-goodbye-to-cadillac-sts-dts-sedans/index.html